I would like more feedback on your experiences with recumbent trikes. How do you transport them in or on your car?
The idea of a folding ICE sounds great. Any problems with it beside price?
I would like more feedback on your experiences with recumbent trikes. How do you transport them in or on your car?
The idea of a folding ICE sounds great. Any problems with it beside price?
I have a Greenspeed X3. It folds. The Greenspeeds and the some of the Trice trikes fold. My Greenspeed fits in the back of my MINI. Takes about 1 min to fold and 1-5 to unfold (There's a screw that needs replaced on the seat, sometimes that hits and it's easy, sometimes I have to fight with it).
Others transport trikes on top of cars - I've seen a trike on top of a Prius, it looked like it was just strapped through the windows. Others use Sportsrig trailers.
I feel safer in traffic on my trike than on my bikes. I have a big 'ole flag on it and people give me a wide birth on it. Trike riders over on BROL (bentrider online) have surmised that drivers might think you are handicapped and therefore give you a little respect. I don't know if that's right or not. The other option is that you are below their passenger window, so they have to go around wide to keep seeing you. Either way, I've had less trouble on the trike than on my bikes.
You may consider checking out BROL's classifieds. I got my Greenspeed used through BROL and saved ~1/3 the cost. The previous owner also upgraded and set everything up.
Also on BROL is a long thread about the "potato state trikes tour photos", or something like that - you might check that out for all of the pictures of all of the trikes posted by everyone.
I've put most of my miles in this year on my trike. It's slower than my bikes, but I love to watch birds and just see things while riding and nothing gives you an opportunity to do that like a trike.